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NAN press release ... 

Aboriginal Leaders to McGuinty: Don't create another Ipperwash Incident – Respect the Moratoriums, Stop the Drilling!

Media Advisory:   

Press conference 10 a.m. Friday, January 11, 2008.
Queen's Park media studio.

Speakers include:

From Toronto Star

HIV a stigma in aboriginal communities - Rates of HIV infection among Canada's native people grossly disproportionate to their total numbers

Emily Mathieu, Staff Reporter, Jan 10, 2008

HIV rates among Canada's aboriginal community continue to rise at alarming rates – and women face the highest risk.

That's where Catherine Beaver comes in.

To see some pictures of the children of Marten Falls during a recent visit of INAC officials to their community, click here.

From the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal

Feds fund fix for school

By CARL CLUTCHEY - January 16, 2008
 
The federal government is giving Marten Falls First Nation $780,000 so it can fix its elementary school and reopen the doors to students.

From the Anglican Journal

Churches urged to ‘be on the record’ about their role in residential schools

Marites N. Sison, staff writer, Jan 10, 2008

Health Canada press release ... 

Government of Canada Funds Groundbreaking First Nations Public Health Initiative

KENORA, ONTARIO--(Jan. 10, 2008) - The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, today announced that the Government of Canada is investing $3.7 million to ensure that public health services can be more efficient and effectively delivered in First Nations communities across Ontario.

Representatives from Kativik Regional Government (KRG - Jean-Francois Dumoulin), K-Net (Penny Carpenter, Brian Beaton, Jeannie Carpenter, Adi Linden) and Keewatin Tribal Council (KTC - Theodore Baschak, Dan Pellerin) are meeting at the Keewaytinook Okimakanak IT Technology Centre in Sioux Lookout to finalize the Joint Venture Agreement and discuss other matters concerning the National Indigenous Community Satellite Network (NICSN - http://smart.knet.ca/satellite). Ashmede Asgarali, the lead from KTC was unable to make the trip.

The story below and the report from Statistics Canada clearly demonstrates the results of under funding for First Nations education and community support systems. Dealing with the results of this lack of funding for First Nations and their schools by putting more money into adult literacy is required but by avoiding the real challenge of adequately funding First Nation education, this literacy issue will just continue to grow in the future ...

Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada
January 2008

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This issue of Statistics Canada's free online publication, Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada, contains two articles.

The two articles below site the same study about suicides in Inuit communities ...

From the Toronto Star

Shift away from land linked to suicide rate - Study of Inuit finds first generation born in towns started trend

Jan 07, 2008 - Bob Weber, The Canadian Press